1) MP Series Flat Butt Welding Machine developed by Wuxi JACK simplifies process technology of plate joining, and reduces 50% cycle time accordingly. Operator is also reduced from 2 people to 1 people;
2) Without the Plate Butt Joint Machine, joining any two pieces of steel plate involves 2 times welding, and 1 time 180° flipping the half finished joint plate, which is not only time consuming, but also exist safety risk, and needs 2 operators working together;
3) Now, with powerful and efficient work of MP Plate Butt Joint Machine, only 1 operator is needed to complete the task of plate joining within only 50% of original cycle time, delivering consistent, and controllable joint seam quality from the Flat Butt Welder:
For steel plate thickness higher than 15mm, welding groove needs to be made. This can be made with the triple flame cutting unit, installed at incoming side of Plate Butt Joint Machine gantry beam;
This is the central working element in the Plate Butt Joint Welding Machine. Based on thickness of steel plate, it can be either large current submerged arc welding, or relatively small current of CO2 gas shielded welding;
These include all the supporting function cells in the Flat Butt Welding Machine: Welding power supply, hydraulic system, water tank, welding flux recycling system, etc.
1. The 1st photo was taken on copper block pad in welding unit of the Plate Butt Joint Machine. Copper has good thermal conductivity. And from the photo you can find the through holes at lateral sides of the copper pads, through which water tubes go through internal side of the copper pads, taking away heat, during welding step in the Plate Butt Joint Welding Machine;
2. The 2nd photo reflects the next step in assembly of welding unit in the Flat Butt Welding Machine: The black color block right above the copper pads, is used for pressing firmly steel plates to be joint, in the MP models Plate Butt Joint Machine. You can find there is grounding cable on the pressing block;
3. The 3rd photo gives overall view on welding work table in the Flat Butt Welding Machine. The flat grounding cable has larger contact area than conventional round shape;
4. The 4th photo is on the finished welding seam of melt-though submerged arc welding produced from Wuxi JACK Plate Butt Joint Welding Machine. For more information, please check product Water Cool SAW MP20 Plate Butt Joint Welding Machine.
1. The 1st photo denotes the complete working area of the Flat Butt Welding Machine at customer site. You can find there is input conveyor at the front side, and output conveyor at the rear side of Flat Butt Welder main frame. Usually input conveyor of the Plate Butt Joint Machine has 2 times length as that of the output conveyor;
2. The 2nd photo is the close distance observance on main frame of the Plate Butt Joint Machine. The photo was taken on the welding side of the Flat Butt Welder, or outlet side. You can find the separately arranged water tank on the workshop floor, which serves as radiator for melt-thru welding in the MP series Flat Butt Welding Machine;
3. The 3rd photo is on Oxygen Acetylene triple flame cutting. It is the optional function unit in the Plate Butt Joint Welding Machine, for joining steel plates in the thickness range of 15mm to 40mm. You can find gas panel at the lateral side of incoming side of Flat Butt Welder main frame;
4. The 3rd and 4th photos show welding system of the MP Plate Flat Butt Welding Machine. It is the core unit of the Flat Butt Welder. This includes welding power supply, which is usually put on overhead platform of main frame. (In the 3rd photo it is U.S.A Lincoln brand, and in the 4th photo it is Chinese AOTAI brand equipped for the Plate Butt Joint Machine); Welding flux hopper and conveying tubes; Flux recovery machine, also laid on overhead platform of the Flat Butt Welder. For more information, please check product MP20 Automatic Plate Flat Butt Welding Machine.
From the narrowest 2000mm (MP20) to the broadest 5000mm (MP50) Flat Butt Welder. Any size within this range is available. Usually model differs on 500mm interval;
For joining medium and large thickness steel plates, it is submerged arc welding in the Flat Butt Welder. This takes mainstream in the melt-thru welding mode of the MP models Flat Butt Welding Machine; As well as CO2 GMAW for joining small thickness steel plates. This takes complementary position in application of the Plate Butt Joint Machine;
For the purpose of compact layout and flexible operation, majority applying cases have this optional unit equipped in the Flat Butt Welder.
Models of Standard Plate Butt Joint Welding Machine | MP20/ 25/ 30/ 35/ 40/ 45/ 50 |
Applicable Width of Metal Plates for Butt Joint (Or, Length of Butt Joint Welding Seam) | ≦ (2000/ 2500/ 3000/ 3500/ 4000/ 4500/ 5000) mm |
Applicable Thickness and Materials of Metal Plates for Flat Butt Joint | Same for all models: Thickness: 6 ~ 40mm SAW, 2~ 6mm CO2 welding Material: Low carbon steel, Stainless steel or Al alloy |
Applicable Thickness of Straight Edge Butt Welding without Beveling | Same for all models: 6 ~ 15 mm |
Applicable Speed of Flame Triple Cutting for Making Welding Groove | Same for all models: 100 ~ 800mm/min. A.C. Inverter control, Stepless Adjusted with knob |
Applicable Speed of Melt Through Welding | Same for all models: 200 ~ 1000mm/min. A.C. Inverter control, Stepless Adjusted with knob |
Triple Cutting Torch and Butt Welding Torch Idle Speed | 2000 mm/min. Constant Speed |
Metal Plate Traveling Speed | 2500 mm/min. Constant Speed |
Welding Mode | Melt thru Technology of Submerged Arc Welding / CO2 Gas Shielded |
Length of Single Piece Metal Plate for Butt Joint | 6000 ~ 9000 mm (Can be special made) |
1) This includes operating panel of the Plate Butt Joint Machine itself (The 1st photo), and control console of welding power supply (The 2nd photo);
2) Ability to operate flame triple cutting (Adjust cutting gas pressure) and modulate welding process control parameters in the Plate Flat Butt Welding Machine (The 4th photo);
Here we emphasize that, for the 2 pieces of steel plates to be joint in the Flat Butt Welder, please note that for the 1st piece of steel plate, it is the front edge need to be beveled; And for the 2nd piece of steel plate, it is the rear edge need to be beveled;
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